Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 5, 2017, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 10 km N of Caldwell, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-06 02:36:12 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.766° N, 97.761° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 11
  3. 2.49 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3376 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.04 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
  12. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3373 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3373 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.06 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 3372 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3371 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 12
  21. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
  22. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 9
  23. 2.29 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 13
  24. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.612 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
  28. 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3367 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 3.310 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  30. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 13
  31. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3366 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.3Kansas · 3366 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3366 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.73 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 3.210 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 34
  39. 2.59 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.89 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3365 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 1.67 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 1.63 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3365 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.46 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3364 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.410 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3363 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.65 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3361 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.5Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3359 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3359 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.16 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 3358 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.45 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3357 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 1.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3356 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.76 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3356 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.6Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.25 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
  9. 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.16 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.613 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.39 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 13
  13. 2.2Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.03 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3388 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3388 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.66 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
  17. 2.62 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3390 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3390 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10009741. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.